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Letter to the Editor

UPDATE This letter was deemed too lengthy by the editors so we trimmed it down.  You can read the revised letter here. ============================= I submitted the following to the editors of North Dakota’s four largest newspapers. ============================= Dear Editor The Schulte Report begins with the sentence “The North Dakota mental health and substance abuse system is in crisis. “  This is a spot on descriptor of what many families are dealing with in the state of North Dakota. Our young son has severe mental illness. Now, we are being told that in order for him to gain access to continued services it is common practice for parents to give up custody to the state in order to facilitate immediate access to prescribed and necessary services. Let me clarify that. Two different psychiatrists told us that in order to facilitate care, we need to bring our son to the hospital, state

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